Sliding gate



(No Model.)

H. WITHEY. SLIDING GATE.

No. 508,666. Patented NOV. 14, 1893.

proved gate, showing the sameopen.

'UNrTEn STATES P TENT @rrrcn.

HENRY \VITHEY, OF HASTINGS, MICHIGAN.

QSLIDING G ATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,666, dated November 14,1893.

- Application filed May 29, 1893. Serial No. 475.880. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that L'HENRY WITHEY, a citi pen of the United States, residing at Hastings, in the county of Barry and State of Michigan,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sliding Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which 1t appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in gates, and is in the nature of an improvement upon the gate for which Letters Patent of the United States were granted to me on the 15th day of September, 1891, numbered 459,472; and to this end consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts which I shall hereinafter fully describe and afterward definitely point out in the claims, due reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of my im- Fi 2 is a detail View of one of the supporting 1 311- ers for the gate. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken through the gate post. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the means for adjusting the guide rollers upon the post. Fig. 5 is a detail view illustrating the manner of connecting the operating levers to the gate operating mechanism. Fig. 6 is a top plan View of the roller shown in Fig. 2. V

Referring to the drawings A, A, indicate two posts and B a double post situated centrally between the posts A, A.

0 indicates the gate, which may be constructed in any suitable or preferred manner,

and is of a length sufficient to reach from one of the posts A, A', to the central post B. Said gate is supported by and slides upon rollers,

to be hereinafter described, and is operated.

by means of a lever D which at one end is pivoted to the post B and at its other end ex tends between two rollers e, e, journaled in a bracket E on the top panel of the gate. To the lever D is connected a rod d which at its upper end is loosely connected to two links F, F, that are pivotally connected'to the inner ends of levers G, G, which are pivoted to arms 9, g, secured to the post B, said levers G, G, eXtending parallelwith the roadway upon each side of the gate and provided with cords g, g, which depend within easy reach of an oceupant of a vehicle, one on horse-back, or a pedestrian.

So far as described no noveltyis claimed for the device, the operation of which is as follows. Upon approaching the gate one of the cords g is pulled downward wl1ich,through the medium of the lever G and rod (1 throws the lever D over to the other side of the post B, thus causing the gate to slide open. After the rider or pedestrian has passed through the'gate he pulls upon the other cord 9 causing the gate to slide back to its former position, in which position it is locked by the notched end d of the lever D resting over one of the rollers c. In order that the gate may automatically slide back and forth after its initial movement has been accomplished by hand, I arrange the guide roller H upon the central post B at a higher level than the guide rollers K, K, that support the ends of the gate, whereby the gate, after it has been propelled a sufiicient distance past said post, will automatically slide to its open or closed position by gravity, the rollers constituting an inclined plane.

I have found in practice that it is necessary to provide means for adjusting the height of the gate, especially in winter time when the ground is covered with snow and ice, or to compensate for the warping of the parts, and to this end provide the followingmeans: Instead of journaling the roller H directly to the post B I journal it in abracket h secured to a vertical slat I, said slat being provided with elongated slots 2', 2', through which, and the post B, pass headed bolts J, J, provided with thumb nutsj j, by means of which the slat, and the roller H carried thereby, may be vertically adjusted upon the post B. To the top of the slat I is secured a bracket 11 which embraces 'or overhangs the top of the gate and serves to maintain the same in a true" vertical position.

The rollers K, K, are-also made vertically adjustable as follows: L. L, indicate rods or tubes which are driven in the ground oppoconisting oftyvo snpriglits m; 771, provided at top and bottom with outwardly extendi'hg'flaliiges m, m, the uprights being perforated for the reception of the journals of the roller K, and the flanges m, m, being recessed or forked so as to embrace the rods L, I i hetw een whi gh.

Having described my invention;

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